Winter 2011 issue of The Civil War Monitor is a worthy read

My new favorite Civil War magazine is The Civil War Monitor. It is fresh, contemporary, edgey, and intriguing. The most current issue, just the second one, is out now. General George Custer adorns the cover. Here’s what you will find in the current issue:

Casualties of War: General Earl Van Dorn, by Stephen Berry

Battlefield Echoes: Civilians and the Boundaries of War, by Clay Mountcastle

George Custer and the End of Innocence, by Glenn LaFantasie

Black Men in Blue, by Ronald S. Coddington

Hard Times Are Common Now, by Steven H. Newton

Faded Glory, by James Martin

Civil War Mortality Reconsidered

Civilians and the Boundaries of War

The Year in Civil War Books

I appreciate that the Monitor – at least so far – does not disproportionately focus on all-things Eastern Theater.

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About CWG

The Civil War Gazette (CWG) is published by Kraig McNutt, Director of The Center for the Study of the American Civil War. The CWG was first launched on to the World-wide Web in 1995.

The Civil War Gazette allows the first-hand participants - both common soldier and civilian - to tell the story of their experience of the Civil War from their perspective; through letters, diaries, newspapers articles, and other authentic first-hand accounts.

Many items posted to The Civil War Gazette often corresponds to the exact day the item was originally written during the Civil War. Think of The Civil War Gazette as the daily newspaper for all-things Civil War with accounts from those who experienced this great war as participants.

What can one find on the CWG?

Many original letters from soldiers, their loved ones, and excerpts from diaries and journals.

Excerpts and selections from period newspapers and popular print resources.

Poems and literary excerpts, many authored by the soldiers themselves.